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The Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 »
Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 »
College Cost Reduction and Access Act »
Student Loan Scandal »
College Student Relief Act »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman George Miller (D-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, today released the following statement on the death of former Senator Claiborne Pell. Senator Pell created the Pell Grant scholarship and established the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.